Boot-cleaner.



PATBNTED AUG. 27, 1901.

R. J. LLOYD. BOOT CLEANER.

APPLICATION HLED JAL-1, 1907.

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ROSSITTERJ. LLOYD, OF OLYPHANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed January 4, 1907. Serial No. 350,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, RossI'rTER J. LLOYD, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Olyphant, in the county of Lackawanna and State oPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Oleaners, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention is a boot-cleaner and has for its object an improveddevice of this kind comprising a brush and a scraper, together with adevice or pulling off over-shoes. l

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention.Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically Yto the drawing, 5 denotes a base-board to whichare secured standards 6 and 7 respectively. At the top oi the standardsare recesses 8 in which the head 9 of a brush is seated. The bristles 10of the brush are upwardly presented. The brushhead is astened in therecesses by screws 11 or other suitable fastening means. Adjacent oneend of the brush is a scraper, and at the other end is a device forremoving over-shoes. The scraper comprises a plate 12 which is fastenedat one end to the bottom of the brushhead by a screw or other suitablemeans 13. At the other end the plate projects beyond the end of thebrush and is turned up as at 14. The top oi the standard 6 also has arecess 15 through which the plate eX- tends. On the bottom of the plateis a depending lug 16, which engages ne side ofthe standard 6 and servesto brace the scraper.

The device for removing over-shoes comprises a plate 17 which is securedto the brush-head in the same manner as the scraper, but on the oppositeend of the brush. The plate 17 has a forked end 18 into which the heelis inserted in an obvious manner to remove an over-shoe.

The boot-cleaner herein described requires no specially constructedbrush and when the brush becomes worn it can be readily removed andreplaced. The manner in which the scraper and over-shoe remover aresecured to the brush permits their ready removal if it is desired to usethe brush alone.

I claim:-

l. A hootcleaner comprising a base, standards rising therefrom, a brushmounted on top of the standards, and a plate between the standards andthe bruslrhead and sei cured to the latter, said plate projecting` fromone end of the brush and having an upturned end.

2. A hoot-cleaner comprising a hase, standards rising therefrom andrecesses on top, a brush seated in the re- (fesses, a plate between thebrush-head and the top of the standard and projecting from one end ofthe brush, said projecting end being upturned and havingr a dependinglug on its bottom engageahle with the standard on one side thereof. l

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ROSSITTER J. LLOYD.

Witnesses z WILLIAM E. MATTHEWS, B. E. WILLIAMS.

